cooking with bruce and mark

Culinary Myth #12: Eating Spicy Food Cools You Down

Join us as we cook through a new recipe in almost every episode of our podcast, straight from our kitchen to yours. And look for the smaller bonus episodes in which we take down cooking myths or work through some of the common cooking mistakes. We'll make your laugh. Promise.

People always say that if you eat spicy food, you feel cooler.
Does it work? Well, sort of and no and then sort of. Listen in as
Bruce and Mark explain the science behind how chilies appear to BUT
REALLY DON'T cool you off.

About the Podcast

Join Bruce Weinstein, the chef, and Mark Scarbrough, the writer, as they work their way through recipes and culinary myths. Once a week, they'll cook through a recipe in real time--complete with all the travails that could bring to this long-married couple. What's more, once a week they'll gleefully disabuse you of the greatest cooking mistakes they've seen in their years teaching classes, distilled into short, funny episodes. Twice a week at the same price! (Zero dollars.) You can't beat that. Plus, you'll laugh. Promise.